Michaela’s Comments (group member since Aug 16, 2019)

Michaela’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

Finished it today, and found the end a bit disappointing. Of course as he was such a bad man, he deserved a death that didn´t fall on his victims, but I was astonished that letting someone die like Cynric did, wasn´t punishable. It would be today, but perhaps not then, especially when it were too dangerous for any helpers. Knowing Peters, I didn´t expect Ninian to be the culprit nonetheless, but it would have been a surprising solution.

Judy wrote: "I've started this now and am enjoying it so far, although I'm not very far in as yet."

Same with me, and I´m away on a short trip too.

Not sure if I´ll read this, as I got enough of the WWII mysteries, of course with Nazis etc.

How do you always manage to finish the book before it even starts? ;) I´ll read it as soon as possible.

I like Sarah Hawkswood´s historical mysteries! :)

I found this funny as always, but not a well developed mystery, as I thought that the librarian finding out about the future Earl not being the Earl would have an impact on the case. The picture came into the story quite late and the solution wasn´t really comprehensible. I had had a suspicion on the butler at first, as there were incoherences about the tea. Sloan only understands half of what the aristocrats and their staff are saying, and Crosby doesn´t even understand Sloan. ;)

I´m in, as I liked the first two in the series.

I forgot to comment on this, though I finished some days ago.
Not my kind of mystery, but a good psychological study. I also wondered that so many women were attracted by Bickleigh, but most of the women also had their negative sides, though I had had hope for Madeleine.
I wondered what the ending meant? Was Dennis really killed, but by someone else?

I liked the humour in this, especially in the beginning, but the rest was so obvious and the big reveal wasn´t big either. Entertaining nonetheless.

I´m 1/3 in, and love the humour! Wonder what will happen further...

Thanks Judy! I wish other groups were as sensible as you with getting the books for everyone (f.e. in a tiny country like mine). :)

In this case I´d like to nominate Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac.

The blurb starts with It´s a dark and misty night..., so quite fitting for autumn. :)

I´ll try with another woman writer that did quite well in the last poll:

Post After Post-Mortem: An Oxfordshire Mystery by E.C.R. Lorac.

The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with scores of treatises, reviews and crime thrillers published under their family name. Following a rare convergence of the whole household at their Oxfordshire home, Ruth – middle sister who writes 'books which are just books' – decides to spend some weeks there recovering from the pressures of the writing life while the rest of the brood scatter to the winds again. Their next return is heralded by the tragic news that Ruth has taken her life after an evening at the Surrays' hosting a set of publishers and writers, one of whom is named as Ruth's literary executor in the will she left behind.

Despite some suspicions from the family, the verdict at the inquest is suicide – but when Ruth's brother Richard receives a letter from the deceased which was delayed in the post, he enlists the help of CID Robert Macdonald to investigate what could only be an ingeniously planned murder.

At least in Germany and Austria it´s available on KU. Otherwise about 4 Euros/Pounds/Dollars, as far as I can make out. :)

Just finished this, and loved how it was so different from all the murder books. ;) I didn´t guess the secret either. There were a bit too many characters in it though.

Thanks Sandy for the review! I bought the first last year, so will give this a try, but won´t buy more.

Anyone having any experiences with Jodi Taylor? Her books are often on sale, but that doesn´t necessarily mean anything good. ;)

I really liked this, and yes, Holmes and Watson! :) I also liked the technical explanations, but was no big fan of the romance.
I also wondered whether the real culprit Walter would be convicted, which could of course not happen in the trial against Reuben.

Finished this after a longish break, but except for the one or other story I was mostly disappointed by their scariness. London was mostly not in the foreground either.

I nominate Post After Post-Mortem: An Oxfordshire Mystery by E.C.R. Lorac.

The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with scores of treatises, reviews and crime thrillers published under their family name. Following a rare convergence of the whole household at their Oxfordshire home, Ruth – middle sister who writes 'books which are just books' – decides to spend some weeks there recovering from the pressures of the writing life while the rest of the brood scatter to the winds again. Their next return is heralded by the tragic news that Ruth has taken her life after an evening at the Surrays' hosting a set of publishers and writers, one of whom is named as Ruth's literary executor in the will she left behind.

Despite some suspicions from the family, the verdict at the inquest is suicide – but when Ruth's brother Richard receives a letter from the deceased which was delayed in the post, he enlists the help of CID Robert Macdonald to investigate what could only be an ingeniously planned murder.

It´s $4/€3,50 on Kindle and also on Audible and Kindle Unlimited.

Will start this soon.

I´d be in for a Louise Penny buddy read later on. :)